Military history

The compelling story of the military campaign that changed how we think about warResponding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times.

A major history of technology and Western conquestFor six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies.

"e;A provocative, arresting, put-you-there account of a forgotten 1940s Army basketball team that we now realize shouldn't be forgotten"e; (Lars Anderson, New York Times-bestselling author).

The definitive biography of the legendary "e;first citizen of Athens"e;Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world.

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This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Marine Corps.

This vivid memoir describes the author's experiences as young girl in Poland, forced to flee to Warsaw after the Nazi bombing of Brest at the outbreak of World War II.

America's first West Coast armored and infantry training installation was built in California in 1941 and named Camp Cooke.

This is an overview of America's first effort in military aid to a foreign sovereign nation at a time when Europe was engaged in open warfare, Asia was facing a series of military confrontations, and most of the world thought global conflagration was inevitable.

With the very real possibility of nuclear war looming on the horizon from 1945 to the early 1960s, both federal and local governments took on the responsibility of educating Americans on how to survive the expected blasts, residual fallout, and radiation poisoning.

The stories of thirty war criminals who escaped accountability, from a historian praised for his "e;well written, scrupulously researched"e; work (The New York Times).

"e;An intriguing and carefully argued entry into a small and often overlooked discussion of American political maneuvering at the end of World War I.

In Hitler's Shadow War, World War II scholar Donald M.

Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War.

A monumental work of history that reveals the Ottoman dynasty's important role in the emergence of early modern EuropeThe Ottomans have long been viewed as despots who conquered through sheer military might, and whose dynasty was peripheral to those of Europe.

In 2011, amid the popular uprising against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the government sought in vain to shut down the Internet-based social networks of its people.

With a Foreword by John ';Lofty' Wiseman, author of The SAS Survival Handbook!

This biography of the Confederacy's greatest cavalry leaders is considered by many to be the best.

In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boysbased on Heller's long-hidden diarytells the tale of a group of privileged yet nave Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller.

In this landmark narrative history of Chicago during the Civil War, Theodore J.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Fire on the Ocean: The Naval War of 1812"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

The sheets of paper are as brittle as fallen leaves; the faltering handwriting changes from page to page; the words, a faded brown, are almost indecipherable.

A gripping collection that showcases twelve of the most famous prisoner of war escapes in the history of modern warfare.

The Quotable Warrior is quite simply the best collection of quotes from military leaders ever put together, and includes quotations from Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Ulysses S.

In The Greatest Stories Never Told: Covert Ops, attorney and author Larry Yadon has written some of the greatest tales about covert operations, which are military operations that conceal the identity of the sponsor of the operation.

Ernie Coleman survived the worst open-sea defeat in US Navy history.

One of the costliest battles of World War II happens to be one of the least known.

Authoritative and convincing.

A Japanese-American spy, captured by the Japanese in WWII, tells of his remarkable capture and survival.

Jewish armed resistance during the Holocaust has been amply documented, debunking the stereotypical view of the Jews as passive victims of Hitler and the Nazis.

This book investigates cinematic representations of the murder of European Jews and civilian opposition to Nazi occupation from the war up until the twenty-first century.

September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one.

The typical military history presents a chronicle of battles and wars and the commanders and troops who fought them.

Camp Huntsville was one of the first and largest POW camps constructed in America during World War II.

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On Friday, November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress approved a resolution for the organization of the Corps, creating what would become the hallowed few, the proud--the Marines.

This book details Lee's life from Gettysburg to his death just five years after the South's surrender at Appomattox.

Based on hitherto unused sources in English and Spanish in British and American archives, in this book naval historian Barry Gough and legal authority Charles Borras investigate a secret Anglo-American coercive war against Spain, 1815-1835.

In thirty-five chapters, The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told covers many of the leading American and British Commonwealth fighter aces of WW I and II, together with a few bomber crews whose gallantry made a substantial contribution to the end of WW II.

In this powerful and moving memoir, Robert Beecham tells of his Civil War experiences, both as an enlisted man in the fabled Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac and as an officer commanding a newly raised African-American unit.

Between 1946 and 1958, the U.

An urgent and compelling study of Gaza from one of the region's most experienced journalists REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION ';A brilliant and incisive account of this tiny, vibrant, but embattled enclave a must-read.

A South African national serviceman recounts becoming a soldier and an ensuing David-and-Goliath face-off against Angolan armed forces in 1987.

In The Greatest Medal of Honor Stories Ever Told, editor Tom McCarthy has pulled together some of the finest writings about heroes awarded the highest military honor that capture readers imaginations.

The typical wounded soldier must complete and file 22 forms following an active-duty injury.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the British Commonwealth in the Second World War.

A comprehensive reference guide to German military symbols used on documents, maps, orders of battle and elsewhere.

This biography of George Brinton McClellan Jr.

This book focuses on Biopreparat, the Soviet agency created in 1974, which spearheaded the largest and most sophisticated biological warfare programme the world has ever seen.

Linking two defining narratives of the twentieth century, Sutton's comparative study of Hong Kong and Cyprus - where two of the empire's most effective communist parties operated - examines how British colonial policy-makers took to cultural and ideological battlegrounds to fight the anti-colonial imperialism of their communist enemies in the Cold War.